
This folder contains all of the files used to generate the dataset and conduct the analyses for the paper "Socialization, Self-Selection, and the Life Experiences of World Leaders: Why Business Experience Influences Defense Spending."

BEM-data construction: The Stata do file used to construct the dataset for the analyses.

BEM-JOP-final: The Stata .dta version of the dataset used for all of the analyses in the paper.

Business Coding - merge: A dataset that contains information on the pre-office experiences of world leaders.

Business Coding - Post-Office: A dataset that contains information on the post-office experiences of world leaders.

defense_spending: Data on defense spending.

LEAD-leadername: Data on leaders from the LEAD dataset.

LEAD-updated. Updated data from LEAD.

Models 2024-1026: Stata do file used to produce all of the tables and figures in the paper.

ted_merge: Leader-level data from the Technocratic and Education Dataset.